Doing Your Thing and Healing

Sometimes doing what you love, even when you are not particularly motivated to do it can not only keep you from sinking deeper into your downward spiral, it can actually pull you up and get you high. This change can come about through writing (even something like a blog) by doing your art, by singing, dancing, or anything else which engages your creative juices.

Just doing it can make a difference. Don't fight the impulse, even if there are logical reasons for not doing it. Sometimes though, you may be too far down, and not feel like it at all, but that is the time you have to force yourself to just pick up that pencil, brush, chisel or hold that piece of clay in your hands. As soon as you do that, you WILL feel something happen. Each implement, is a sacred, healing and transformational tool. Whenever I have slipped down into a dark place, and then somehow managed to get myself working, it has always, Always, ALWAYS helped. When I do MY work, I begin to feel better and the things which pulled me down earlier no longer effect me. A conscious awareness of whatever it was that troubled me may remain, but it no longer has a hold on me. The same will be true for you. And so it is.

So try to remember and I will too, Your Art Can Almost Always Save You. It really can.
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